This is a photo of Guilin at night that Peter took as soon as we arrived in Guilin - about 9PM.
Today we awoke and were picked up by Wei at 8AM to be driven to the dock to get on the Li River cruise. It was thru the country side and we actually drove by the Li River Golf Course which did not look like much. In China, Wei says only the wealthy play golf. Anyway, the dock was like Grand Central Station. The boats left at different hours so as not to jam up the river and it reminded me of Lake Minnetonka and the QE II at Excelsior. We left at 9AM and the photo shows a boat that immediately came over to sell fruits and other goods. The river cruise took 3 hours and was breathtaking. The mountains along the river are limestone and are all covered with trees - many with Banyon trees, which are the famous local trees. We had lunch on the boat (not good) and ended up in Yangshuo about 12:30. We checked into our Green Lotus Hotel (actually very nice!) and shopped on West Street, another marketplace street selling many things. We also found a McDonalds and had a strawberry shake that really hit the spot!That night we went out to a local restaurant on West Street that was OK and then went to a very popular water show that is directed by the man who directed the 2008 Olympic opening ceremony. Pete took some pictures and it was amazing, set into a bay of the Li River where they were able to use the mountains as background and light 12 of the peaks during the show. The bad news was it was about 95 degrees with no wind. I don't think I have ever been so hot in my life! We did survive and got back to air conditioning in the hotel about 10PM. A busy and scenic day!
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